is this really bad?

[1993 festiva]

when i was putting my clutch my friend told me my flywheel was very skinny and looked used like almost wasted.. was wondering should i change it like real soon or it can wait till the summer then i buy one?

[Mike McKown]

when i was putting my clutch my friend told me my flywheel was very skinny and looked used like almost wasted.. was wondering should i change it like real soon or it can wait till the summer then i buy one?

Without knowing any more information, I'd suggest you find another advisor.

[nonamekid]

I would suggest you find a new friend. Flywheels don't get skinny. You keeping asking repair help questions in the CUSTOM forum. Use the correct forum for posting.

[jglutz]

The most important condition to evaluate whit a flywheel is heat checking....this a radial cracking in the contack surface cuased by excessive heat cylces on the metal.

Discoloration is not necessarily bad...glazing can be but can typicall be removed in place with some sand paper.

[mechanicaldj]

if no cracks,

you will need to have the flywheel turned on a lathe by an experienced machine shop

and if you think it is skinny, take it off the crankshaft and drop it on your friends foot

[hotfordcat]

^^^ Not all good advice, but some answers are correct. If you have doubts about your flywheel, go to your local junkyard and ask to see a replacement one for your car, measure the thickness and compare it to yours. It's the quickest and cheapest way to check it. If it checks out, take yours to a machine shop, have it resurfaced and put it back in with the new parts.

Chuck

[FB71]

also, a flywheel should not be finish cut on a lathe. It should be ground, to ensure a non-directional surface.

[mechanicaldj]

also, a flywheel should not be finish cut on a lathe. It should be ground, to ensure a non-directional surface.

are you sure???

i haven't seen the grinder that can do the steps on a festiva flywheel

[FB71]

yes, I'm sure. Those surface grinders are out there, but not very common. With that said, most stepped flywheels only get lathe cut, and not finish ground. It works, but it's not the best (or correct) way to refinish it.

[worfdog]

Their is a cylinder head shop down here in Greenville, SC that grinds the flywheels the proper way as FB71 says. You may be able to get one of those kind of shops where you are at to do it also.

[FordFestiva]

The flywheel machining is very important. I had miy flywheel improperly machined and caused premature clutch failure. No one around my area knew or had the proper machine set-up. The second time around, I bought a new flywheel.